Senior Payroll Specialist

UNAVAILABLE; Petaling Jaya; On-site; MYR 150,000 - 200,000; Full time

Job summary

A global technology company is seeking a Senior Payroll Specialist in Petaling Jaya, Malaysia. This role involves managing payroll processing across multiple countries, ensuring accuracy and compliance. Candidates should have at least two years of payroll experience, a bachelor's degree in a relevant field, and strong numerical skills. This position offers a supportive team environment and various benefits, including medical coverage and stock ownership. Join us to make a significant impact on employee experience and sustainability.

Benefits

Global Family Leave

Comprehensive medical coverage for employee and dependents

Worldwide Employee Stock Ownership

Qualifications

• At least 2 years of payroll experience.
• Strong numerical and analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Independent, organized, and time conscious.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for payroll administration ensuring accuracy and timeliness.
• Process payroll using a system for assigned countries.
• Review payroll calculations and compliance with regulations.
• Prepare Payroll, Statutory, and Income Tax Reports.
• Maintain HR information systems data updates.

Skills

Payroll experience

Numerical and analytical skills

Proficient in Microsoft Excel

Organizational skills

Team player

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, Mathematics, Accounting or relevant discipline

Job description

Job Description

In Schneider Electric everything we do promotes progress and sustainability for all — our colleagues, customers, partners, and the communities and societies where we live and work. From the products, software, and services driving the digital transformation of energy management and automation to corporate citizenship and volunteer activities, we make an impact by helping people and organizations become more resilient and efficient, more electric and digital.

Which is where you come in. Working at Schneider Electric means working toward a cleaner, better world. You're part of a global team built on inclusion, mastery, purpose, action, curiosity, and teamwork, turning sustainability ambitions into actions.

The Role:

Are you passionate about payroll accuracy and compliance across multiple markets? We are looking for a Senior Payroll Specialist to manage the payroll processing for multiple countries. We are more than a payroll team—we are the backbone of employee experience. Our Regional Payroll function delivers centralized services for over 10 countries, ensuring accuracy, compliance, and continuous improvement. If you love numbers, thrive on detail, and want to make a difference, this is your opportunity.

What will you do?

• Responsible for the full spectrum of in-house payroll administration, ensuring payroll result accuracy and timeliness, and audit risk free.
• Process in‑house payroll using a payroll system for the assigned countries.
• Review payroll advice, perform and validate payroll calculations and reconciliations in compliance with the payroll calendar, company policies and income tax & statutory regulations. Meet service expectations on payroll accuracy and timeliness and achieve successful audits.
• Prepare and submit Payroll Reports, Statutory Reports, and Income Tax Reports.
• Create/Maintain payroll documentation (Work process, pay advice, approval documents etc.).
• Maintain data updates in HR information systems.
• Participate in projects to drive work simplification, digitization, and automation.
• Manage stakeholders and employees; query handling, communication, and training.

What qualifications will make you successful?

• At least 2 years of payroll experience.
• Bachelor’s degree in Business, HR, Mathematics, Accounting or other relevant discipline.
• Strong numerical & analytical skills and attention to detail.
• Proficient in using Microsoft Excel at Intermediate level.
• Independent, organized, and time conscious.
• A team player with a growth mindset and appetite to learn.

What’s in it for me?

• Global Family Leave
• Comprehensive medical coverage for employee and dependents
• Worldwide Employee Stock Ownership
• …and more!

Let us learn about you! Apply today.

You must submit an online application to be considered for any position with us. This position will be posted until filled.

Looking to make an IMPACT with your career?

When you are thinking about joining a new team, culture matters. At Schneider Electric, our values and behaviors are the foundation for creating a great culture to support business success. We believe that our IMPACT values – Inclusion, Mastery, Purpose, Action, Curiosity, Teamwork – starts with us.

IMPACT is also your invitation to join Schneider Electric where you can contribute to turning sustainability ambition into actions, no matter what role you play. It is a call to connect your career with the ambition of achieving a more resilient, efficient, and sustainable world.

We are looking for IMPACT Makers; exceptional people who turn sustainability ambitions into actions at the intersection of automation, electrification, and digitization. We celebrate IMPACT Makers and believe everyone has the potential to be one.

Become an IMPACT Maker with Schneider Electric – apply today!

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150 000+ employees in 100+ countries
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